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Yes, girl scouts, 4-H and quilts at school. Seems like some of the kids were interested and some just did not want to ever sew again. Some make blankets for Project Linus, and some made quilt squares for a quilt that was raffled at the school. So I felt good about volunteering and inspiring them to sew.

My daughter began learning to sew when she was about 8. I helped her to make some simple mini-bags using some of her old jeans. Now she has her own sewing machine and likes to make little creative accessories.

I would like to say that I inspired my daughter to sew. Most recently I have inspired a few friends to rekindle there sewing by attending area sewing groups and having craft day at my house where everyone brings whatever they want to work on for the day i.e. crocheting, jewelry making or sewing and we spend the whole day uninterupted prusuing our projects with a break for lunch (homemade by me) and then after we clean up we all go out for a nice dinner. Now we all can’t wait for the girl craft day at my house, its a great way to spend the day with great friends enjoying our craft!

As I’ve begun sewing again (most of my clothes in high school and college and beyond for a few years) were from my own hands), I’ve influence one or two friends to return to their machines, as well. We share our successes and failures.

While I haven’t inspired anyone to start sewing, my recent interest in domestic crafts in general has inspired my mom to pick up embroidery (she wanted to start with something on a smaller scale). I have also inspired a few co-workers into knitting. No one has gotten the sewing bug yet, but I’m still working ont it.

My daughter finally decided to start sewing now that she’s out on her own and wants pretty, unique clothes that she can’t afford. So I gave her a few lessons and bought her a machine of her own. Fuel for creativity!

My daughter who is now 9yrs old. Last Christmas when she was 8yrs old we got her her first sewing machine. She had been learning basic hand sewing and embroidering and over the summer she began to learn on her sewing machine. She’s made doll clothes and a rag doll and she loves it! Now what she really wants to learn and how to do embroider on a machine. We were at the sewing store and she saw the machine she wanted, again she is only 9 and doesn’t yet quite understand just how expensive the world can be. The machine she wants is a $10,000 machine. I told her she can get it when she grows up and gets that awesome career that will help pay for it cause I can’t even afford one for me then maybe i too can borrow it…lol.

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